Unfortunatelly I don't have tips for screen reader accessible clients for other platforms besides general chat apps lacking #XMPP specific features such as Miranda-NG on Windows and @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox on other platforms as well.
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Unfortunatelly I don't have tips for screen reader accessible clients for other platforms besides general chat apps lacking #XMPP specific features such as Miranda-NG on Windows and @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox on other platforms as well.
One significant way Mastodon and the Fediverse have transformed digital culture is through the use of alt text. When I look back at my older images online and in my blogs, I rarely included alt text - even though I actively work on accessibility. For some reason, I simply overlooked it.
Now, every time I post something online, I take a moment to write alt text. Mastodon has changed my mindset, and I believe its impact extends far beyond this. The Fediverse encourages a level of consideration for others that no other social networking platform has before.
#A11y #Accessibility #AltText #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #SocialNetwork #SocialMedia
“Evaluating overlay-adjacent accessibility products”
ericwbailey.website/published/…
The very fact that a digital accessibility accommodation is a product is a sign that you might not be the customer and, even if you are, only for as long as there’s money to be made.
Evaluating overlay-adjacent accessibility products
The rubric I use to evaluate these products remains very similar to how I scrutinize overlays.ericwbailey.website
🤔HTML semantics: <abbr> theory versus abbreviation reality
"The HTML <abbr> element is deceptively familiar and attractive, its been around forever (1999) and thus people assume that it does what it does and does it well. Nothing much changed over the iterations of the abbr element definition over the years."
tpgi.com/short-note-the-abbrev…
Short note: The abbreviation appreciation society - TPGi
The HTML element is an incredibly common, but do you know how you can make it accessible? Find out how in this article.Steve Faulkner (TPGi)
I disagree with use cases that rely on CSS, generally at risk from network interruptions and caching, to trigger programmatic state changes in the HTML that references it (see pic). Cart / horse and all.
Instead, use CSS to ensure your programmatic state is correct. Eg: adrianroselli.com/2021/06/usin…
#a11y #accessiblity #css #html
Using CSS to Enforce Accessibility
The CSS3 logo as a head atop a torso with its arms folded across its chest. I am a big proponent of the First Rule of ARIA (don’t use ARIA). But ARIA brings a lot to the table that HTML does not, such as complex widgets and state information that…Adrian Roselli
🆕 article from @TetraLogical
Meet Josh: a sportsman who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy
"The missing piece is usability testing with disabled users. Even with good intentions, accessibility efforts can fall short without real user involvement."
tetralogical.com/blog/2025/02/…
Meet Josh: a sportsman who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy - TetraLogical
Meet Josh, a sportsman who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Between training for the Olympics and his busy day job, Josh talks to us about how navigating the web is constantly evolving, how he adapts to various assistive technologies, and his hopes and c…TetraLogical
The Braille Institute created a font designed to make reading easier for people with low vision called Atkinson Hyperlegible in 2019.
It just released an update (Atkinson Hyperlegible Next) and monospace version with enhanced characters, 7 weights, and variable weight.
They’re free for personal and commercial use.
brailleinstitute.org/freefont/…
#a11y
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!Braille Institute
blog.pope.tech/2022/12/02/wave…
#a11y #accessibility
How to use the WAVE extension and start manual accessibility testing - Pope Tech Blog
Learn how to use each tab in the WAVE extension.Whitney Lewis (Pope Tech Blog)
Interesting breakdown of how Google has gone off the accessibility rails, among other rails, while also framing some common corp methods for reframing needs into revenue streams.
buttondown.com/TYFYFL/archive/…
Original post for following:
kolektiva.social/@FractalEcho/…
This is an effort to make my career illegal.
“The new memo claims that it will target private sector DEIA initiatives for potential ‘criminal investigation.’”
archive.is/OSx8H
Ep 5 - Ed Summers - Head of Accessibility, GitHub
Hosts Eamon McErlean and Joe Devon interview Ed Summers, Head of Accessibility at GitHub. They discuss how Ed began working in accessibility, some of the lat...YouTube
New post: “Which VoiceOver?”
adrianroselli.com/2025/02/whic…
Just because something behaves a certain way in VoiceOver doesn’t mean it behaves that way in VoiceOver.
Which VoiceOver?
You may have seen this as a thread on Mastodon (my primary social short-form platform) or on BlueSky. Imagine these as the opening to a series of conversations between a vendor or client or boss or PO or whomever and me.Adrian Roselli
Be a Dolphin not a Shark: Using cooperation over conflict to advance digital accessibility (Paris Web)
Lainey shares "share stories and strategies from 3 decades of accessibility convincing with public and private organizations"
paris-web.fr/2024/conference/b…
#a11y #accessibility #ParisWeb
Be a Dolphin not a Shark: Using cooperation over conflict to advance digital accessibility - Paris Web
This session will share stories and strategies from 3 decades of accessibility convincing with public and private organizations. Have you ever tried to convince someone of the value and importance of …Paris Web
The US Web Design System has deleted it's info on inclusive design, in response to the 2025-01-20 Executive order "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing".
github.com/uswds/uswds-site/pu…
If you know anyone who used those resources, let them know about the Inclusive Design principles:
inclusivedesignprinciples.info…
#accessibility #a11y #inclusion
Remove content related to 1/20/25 EO by thisisdano · Pull Request #3078 · uswds/uswds-site
Summary Removed report link and introduction. Removed content related to the January 20, 2025 Executive Order, "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing". This...GitHub
@Tutanota How do you plan to act on the a11y issues on the web/app? The roadmap doesn't talk about that and The BFSG comes into force in Germany on June 8, 2025.
> If your company operates in Germany or targets German users, you should make all content on your website or app accessible – from the homepage to the cookie banner. Otherwise, you risk not only high fines, but also reputational losses and missed business opportunities .
consentmanager.net/en/knowledg…
cc @juliemoynat
Digital Accessibility in Germany: Requirements for Websites and Apps - consentmanager - English
Compliance with German accessibility laws - BFSG, BITV 2.0 and BGG. Make sure your website or app meets all requirements. For private and public companies.Sophia Hertzke (consentmanager - English)
It’s a two-fer!
“Federal Digital Accessibility Disappearance on Trump Day One; Guest article by civil rights and accessibility lawyer Eve Hill”
lflegal.com/2025/01/week-one-d…
Federal Digital Accessibility Disappearance on Trump Day One
The first week of the new republican administration was frightening and disorienting for all of us who believe in civil and human rights, justice, equality, fairness and more.Law Office of Lainey Feingold
Over at @LFLegal’s site:
“The Effect of Donald Trump’s DEI Executive Order on Accessibility; Guest article by civil rights and accessibility lawyer Eve Hill”
lflegal.com/2025/01/week-one-e…
The Effect of Donald Trump’s DEI Executive Order on Accessibility
Below I share a blog post written by Eve Hill, one of the best disability rights lawyers and digital accessibility legal specialists in the United States. (More about Eve at the end of this article.Law Office of Lainey Feingold
"A picture says a thousand words."
I'd like to amend that phrase:
"A picture says a thousand words but says nothing if you don't include alt text."
Alt text is a means of providing a visual description of what is in the image. If not included anything you are trying to portray is lost for people with blindness or a vision impairment.
I love to boost and like posts on the Fediverse but don't if there is no alt text present. It's not a hard task to do and most social web apps have the option to remind you to add alt text before you post them.
Please make your posts accessible to all and make the social web a truly inclusive environment.
What's new with Google Accessibility? Find out straight from Google From Talkback to live transcribe, workspace, and wallet!
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What’s New in Google Accessibility | Episode 7
Welcome back to another episode of What's New in Google Accessibility, a series where we share the latest product and feature updates that help make Google m...YouTube
"because nobody in Linuxland gives a shit about #a11y or your needs." -- has Debian rejected your patch to fix the issue and told you to screw yourself? What a bunch of dumbass!!
Joking aside, It's frustrating for sure, but no one is trying to get one over you or maximize shareholders' return. No one owe you anything for the free work they are doing.
Hi @Tutanota
I want you to know that your CAPTCHA is inaccessible for disabled people:
- blind people can't see the clock;
- visually impaired people may not be able to see it correctly too;
- dyscalculic people (like me!!) have difficulties reading a clock (moreover when all numbers are not written on it)!
I think this @w3c documentation should interest you to fix it: w3.org/TR/turingtest/
I hope you will do something so that everyone can use your services. Thanks.
Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA
Various approaches have been employed over many years to distinguish human users of web sites from robots. The traditional CAPTCHA approach asking users to identify obscured text in an image remains common, but other approaches have emerged.www.w3.org
The #BBC is looking for a Head of Digital #Accessibility, with the role only open to #deaf, #disabled, and/or #neurodivergent applicants. Hybrid working, based at any UK BBC hub. Salary up to £110,000.
webaim.org/blog/severity-ratin…
#a11y
"dyslexia simulators'' spread misinformation.
these "simulators" typically show letters being swapped around within words.
but #dyslexia is not a visual processing disorder. a person reading in Braille will still be dyslexic. a person reading in a language with no alphabet, like Chinese, will still be dyslexic.
people with dyslexia are #neurodivergent.
we don't have "simulators" for other neurodivergencies, like autism or adhd.
#a11y folks, we don't need them for dyslexia either.